Red Chile Shortrib Soup

Red Chile Shortrib Soup

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Red Chile Shortrib Soup - Mole de Olla, featuring hearty shortribs in a rich red chile broth with potatoes and chayote. Perfect for chilly nights.

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Ingredients

  • 1 medium white onion
  • 1 pound small red- or white-skin boiling potatoes (I like ones that are about 1 inch across; if they're larger I cut them into halves or quarters)
  • 1 large chayote, peeled if you wish, seed cut out, flesh cut into 1-inch pieces
  • 4 pounds (about 6 pieces) bone-in English-cut (that is, cut parallel to the bone) short ribs
  • 1 1/2 ounces dried chiles (roughly 6 guajillos, 4 to 5 pasillas or 3 anchos), stemmed, seeded and torn into 2-inch pieces
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and halved
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
  • Salt
  • 1 large sprig epazote, if you have it
  • About 6 ounces green beans, stemmed and cut into 1-inch lengths
  • 2 or 3 sour prickly pear cactus fruits (xoconostles), if you have them
  • 1 large lime, cut into wedges

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